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Economic Times | 17 Dec, 2020 | 11.49AM IST
Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Did not receive SC notice, says farm union leader
Supreme Court will today hear a batch of pleas seeking a direction to the authorities to immediately remove the farmers who are protesting at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws.
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